A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Washington's Crossing
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania
Summary:: Near the very banks where George Washington launched his nation-defining attack, an 80,000-square-foot shopping plaza was planned.
Website:: conserveland.org/stories/washc1
Contact:: Dennis Collins
Senior Advisor
Wildlands Conservancy
610-965-4397 x19
dcollins@wildlandspa.org

Project Name:: Connecticut Lakes Headwaters Partnership
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Hampshire
Summary:: In northern New Hampshire 171,000 acres of forestland were purchased to enhance recreational opportunities and benefit the local economy through sustainable forestry.
Website:: www.tpl.org
Contact:: Tom Sadler
Director of Program Development
Trust for Public Land
202-543-7552
tom.sadler@tpl.org

Project Name:: Nanty Glo Environmental Restoration
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania
Summary:: This project treats mine discharge water via a passive treatment system composed of 2 vertical flow ponds and a wetland.
Website:: www.lrp.usace.army.mil/pm/fact_sheet/pfs_cg_nantyglo.pdf
Contact:: Kathleen J. Anderson
Project Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District
412-395-7178
Kathleen.j.anderson@usace.army.mil

Project Name:: Public-Private Partnerships to Promote Conservation and Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Connecticut, Washington, DC, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia
Summary:: Partnership provides financial and technical assistance to organizations and agencies at the local and regional level to support priority conservation projects such as coastal habitat restoration.
Website:: www.nfwf.org
Contact:: Tom Kelsch
Director, Eastern Region
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
202-857-0166
tom.kelsch@nfwf.org

Southeastern

Project Name:: North Carolina Sandhills Conservation Partnership
Location:: Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:: The Partnership is a cooperative effort to restore the natural longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem on military, state and private lands in the North Carolina Sandhills
Contact:: Mr. Rick Studenmund
Sandhills Project Director
The Nature Conservancy
910-246-0300
rstudenmund@tnc.org

Project Name:: ACE Basin Project
Location:: Southeastern: South Carolina
Summary:: The ACE Basin Project is widely recognized as one of the most successful public/private partnerships in ecosystem based conservation.
Contact:: Dean Harrigal
Wildlife Biologist
South Carolina Dept. of Natural Resources
(843) 844-8957
harrigald@dnr.sc.gov

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: St. Clair Shores Waterfront Advisory Committee
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary:: Our goals are directed towards promoting better water quality, a cleaner Lake St. Clair and greater public awareness concerning our waterfront stewardship.
Website:: www.angelfire.com/mi4/scswateradvisory
Contact:: Joe St. John
Co-Chairperson
Waterfront Advisory Committee
(586) 774-4750
scswateradvisory@lycos.com

Project Name:: North Lake Basin Wetlands Restoration
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
Summary:: Contaminated ground water is cleaned with innovative technology and used to restore wetlands in a critical migratory waterfowl flyway.
Website:: www.fsa.usda.gov/dafp/cepd/epb/hazardous_waste.htm
Contact:: Steve Gilmore
Program Manager for Hazardous Waste Activities
USDA Farm Service Agency
202-720-5104
sgilmore@wdc.fsa.usda.gov

Project Name:: Battle Creek River Watershed Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary:: The Battle Creek River Watershed Project is an effort by landowners, residents, conservation groups, and local, state, and federal agencies to protect the quality of water.
Website:: calhouncd.org/bcriver.pdf
Contact:: Kristine Boley-Morse
Project Coordinator
Calhoun Conservation District
(269) 781-4867
kristine.boley-morse@macd.org

Project Name:: Big Hole Watershed Committee
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: The Committee provides an open, consensus-based forum for effectively managing water resources of the 1.8 million-acre Big Hole River watershed.
Website:: www.bhwc.org
Contact:: Noorjahan Parwana
Executive Director
Big Hole Watershed Committee
406-782-3682
nparwana@bhwc.org

Project Name:: Brown County Hills Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Indiana
Summary:: Working with private landowners, governments and businesses, the Conservancy works in the Brown County Hills to balance the needs of a healthy forest with the region’s projected population growth.
Website:: www.nature.org/indiana
Contact:: Dan Shaver
Project Director
The Nature Conservancy
(812) 933-0246
dshaver@tnc.org

Project Name:: Dam Removal and Fishway Construction in Minnesota and North Dakota
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota, North Dakota
Summary:: Removing impediments to fish passages to establish a lake sturgeon population on the White Earth Reservation and improve habitat availability for all migrating species along the Red River.
Contact:: Scott Yess
Assistant Project Leader
LaCrosse Fishery Resources Office
608-783-8432
Scott_Yess@fws.gov

Project Name:: Providing Data Critical to Managing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem for a Keystone Species
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming
Summary:: Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team conducts research and long-term radio monitoring efforts on expanding grizzly bear populations in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Website:: www.nrmsc.usgs.gov/research/igbst-home.htm
Contact:: Charles C. Schwartz
Principal Investigator
U. S. Geological Survey
406-994-5043
chuck_schwartz@usgs.gov

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Dolores River Dialogue
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Colorado
Summary:: The Dialogue is a consensus building effort to improve the flows on the Dolores River in Colorado below the McPhee Dam.
Website:: www.sanjuancitizens.org/dolores/dolores.shtml
Contact:: Chuck Wanner
Water Issues
San Juan Citizens Alliance
970-259-3583
chuck@sanjuancitizens.org

Far West

Project Name:: Project Green
Location:: Far West: Nevada
Summary:: A grass roots group of neighbors living along Pittman Wash in Henderson Nevada decided to rid their community of weeds and tranpslant native trees and partnered with the Natinal Park Service.
Website:: www.cityofhenderson.com/works/php/dscprojgreen.php
Contact:: Curt Chandler
Land Manager
City Of Henderson
702-267-3020
Curt.Chandler@cityofhenderson.com

Project Name:: Seabird Protection Program
Location:: Far West: Hawaii
Summary:: The Marine Corps Base Hawaii's Ulupa’u weapons range is the site for a collaborative effort to protect red-footed boobies through state-of-the-art conservation practices.
Contact:: Ms. Elizabeth Kumabe
President
Hawaii Audubon Society
808-528-1432
hiaudsoc@pixi.com

Project Name:: Cathlapotle Plankhouse Project
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: A diverse partnership has built a full-scale cedar plankhouse to interpret the rich natural and cultural heritage preserved on Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.
Website:: www.plankhouse.org
Contact:: Arlene Johnson
Executive Director
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Committee of Vancouver/ Clark County
360-906-0957
director@lewisandclark-clark.org

Project Name:: Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound, Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: The partnership develops recovery programs and ecosystem restoration plans that sustain life on Puget Sound and continue the region’s economic prosperity.
Website:: www.pugetsoundnearshore.org/
Contact:: Anne Kinsinger
Western Regional Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
206-220-4600
akinsinger@usgs.gov

Project Name:: MARINe Partnership with Paradise Cove Marine Elementary School
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Students at Paradise Cove Marine Elementary are using a Mineral Management Service long-term monitoring site to study intertidal marine life.
Website:: www.marine.gov
Contact:: Tom Readinger

USDI Minerals Management Service
202-208-3530
thomas.readinger@mms.gov

National

Project Name:: Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers!
Location:: National
Summary:: Through social marketing, Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers! simplifies this complex issue, makes it relevant to recreational users and empowers them with prevention procedures.
Website:: www.protectyourwaters.net
Contact:: Joe Starinchak
Outreach Coordinator
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
703-358-2018
joe_starinchak@fws.gov

Current Conservation Programs